Apple didn’t show much love to the iPad Mini last year, but reports out of China suggest that things will be different this time around. Unfortunately, the tablet market isn’t in the best shape at the moment so the price of focusing on making the new iPad Mini all nice and souped up is that there won’t be a new iPad Air this year. With how poorly the tablet market has been doing in recent months, I can’t blame Apple for being conservative with its upgrades.
Apple is launching new iPad models this year, but the iPad Air 3 might not be one of them, a new report claims. This isn’t the first time Apple has been rumored to focus on different iPad models this year instead of launching a new version of its most popular tablet. According to Digitimes, Apple is preparing a new version of the iPad mini that would receive a modest upgrade compared to last year’s model. Apple largely ignored the small tablet in 2014 and released an iPad mini 3 whose only new features were Touch ID support and a new color option. Recent reports have suggested that the iPad mini 4 will bring on a new design, similar to the iPad Air 2, but Digitimes doesn’t offer any details on the specs and features of the new iPad mini model. Instead, the tech news site says that Apple is conservative on its tablet output, given the overall lowered demand for tablets. However, the company’s suppliers are already working on parts for the upcoming iPad mini 4, the site says.
